Ciel Phantomfive and his butler Sebastian must solve a mystery aboard the luxury liner Campania in Yen Press' Black Butler Volume 12, the best-selling manga title in to comics direct market retailers in January.

Yen Press had 4 titles in the top ten, includind Soul Eater Volume 12 at #2, A Bride's Story Book 4 at #4, and The Disappearanceof Nagato Yuki-Chan Volume 3 at #7.

Dark Horse Comics had two titles in the top ten — Oremio Volume 2 at #3 and Deva Zan at #6.

VIZ Media had one title in the top ten — Loveless Volume 10 at #5.

Seven Seas had two titles in the top ten — Girl Friends: The Complete Collection Volume 2 at #8 and Gunslinger Girl Omnibus Volume 6 at #9.

Finally, Antarctic Press' The Zombie Kid Diaries Volume 3 ranked #10.

TOP 50 MANGABased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2013

QTYRANK

DOLLARRANK

INDEX

ITEM CODE

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

2

0.95

NOV121384

BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 12

$11.99

HAC

2

3

0.74

NOV121389

SOUL EATER TP VOL 12

$11.99

HAC

3

5

0.66

SEP120064

OREIMO TP VOL 02

$10.99

DAR

4

4

0.46

NOV121387

BRIDES STORY HC GN BOOK 04

$16.99

HAC

5

9

0.46

OCT121251

LOVELESS GN VOL 10

$9.99

VIZ

6

1

0.45

JUN120054

DEVA ZAN HC

$49.99

DAR

7

8

0.35

NOV121388

DISAPPEARANCE OF NAGATO YUKI CHAN GN VOL 03

$11.99

HAC

8

6

0.33

OCT121200

GIRL FRIENDS COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 02 (MR)

$17.99

ST.

9

7

0.31

OCT121201

GUNSLINGER GIRL OMNIBUS TP VOL 06

$17.99

ST.

10

14

0.26

OCT120741

ZOMBIE KID DIARIES GN VOL 03 WALKING DAD

$10.99

ANT

11

13

0.25

OCT121252

LOVELESS 2-IN-1 ED TP VOL 02

$14.99

VIZ

12

21

0.23

OCT121255

CASE CLOSED GN VOL 45

$9.99

VIZ

13

24

0.23

OCT121250

07 GHOST GN VOL 02

$9.99

VIZ

14

11

0.22

OCT121202

I DONT LIKE YOU AT ALL BIG BROTHER GN COLL ED VOL 02 (MR)

$16.99

ST.

15

10

0.21

SEP121079

LOVE ON THE JOB GN VOL 01 (A)

$17.95

801

16

34

0.20

JUL084337

LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 01 OCARINA OF TIME PT 1

$7.99

VIZ

17

20

0.20

NOV121238

MISSIONS OF LOVE GN VOL 02

$10.99

RAN

18

16

0.20

OCT121261

JORMUNGAND GN VOL 10 (MR)

$12.99

VIZ

19

12

0.20

OCT121072

HOT AND STEAMY GN VOL 01 (A)

$17.95

801

20

22

0.19

NOV121356

LIMIT GN VOL 03

$10.95

RAN

21

23

0.19

AUG128395

WALLFLOWER GN VOL 29 (MR)

$10.99

RAN

22

18

0.19

OCT121260

AFTERSCHOOL CHARISMA TP VOL 07

$12.99

VIZ

23

25

0.18

NOV121233

BLOODY MONDAY GN VOL 09

$10.99

RAN

24

19

0.18

OCT121203

JACK THE RIPPER HELL BLADE GN VOL 03 (MR)

$11.99

ST.

25

26

0.18

NOV121353

FLOWERS OF EVIL GN VOL 04 (MR)

$10.95

RAN

26

28

0.17

JUL111150

SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 01

$10.99

RAN

27

17

0.16

AUG120768

HOW TO DRAW STEAMPUNK PKT MANGA TP

$14.95

ANT

28

27

0.15

NOV121386

BLACK GOD TP VOL 18

$12.99

HAC

29

38

0.14

SEP121242

YU GI OH ZEXAL GN VOL 02

$9.99

VIZ

30

51

0.13

JUL053236

DEATH NOTE TP VOL 01

$7.99

VIZ

31

50

0.12

SEP121254

NURA RISE O/T YOKAI CLAN GN VOL 12

$9.99

VIZ

32

29

0.11

OCT121133

CALLING DR LAURA GRAPHIC MEMOIR GN

$16.95

HOU

33

32

0.10

STAR10895

USAGI YOJIMBO SC VOL 01 RONIN

$15.95

FAN

34

65

0.10

NOV084335

(USE DEC128232) LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 03 MAJORAS MASK

$7.99

VIZ

35

42

0.10

SEP111140

SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 02

$10.99

RAN

36

74

0.10

NOV090986

LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 09 LINK TO PAST

$7.99

VIZ

37

76

0.10

STAR19389

ONE PIECE TP VOL 01

$7.95

VIZ

38

30

0.10

MAY120065

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS TP VOL 04

$19.99

DAR

39

31

0.10

DEC121300

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES HC GN (MR)

$16.99

HAC

40

15

0.09

AUG090981

AKIRA KODANSHA ED GN VOL 01 (MR)

$24.99

RAN

41

33

0.09

MAR100080

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS TP VOL 01

$19.99

DAR

42

43

0.09

NOV108173

BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 01

$11.99

HAC

43

49

0.09

NOV121301

PUNCH UP GN VOL 03 (A)

$12.99

VIZ

44

44

0.09

SEP108189

SOUL EATER TP VOL 01

$11.99

HAC

45

89

0.08

AUG053265

DEATH NOTE TP VOL 02

$7.99

VIZ

46

46

0.08

NOV121390

BOOK GIRL & UNDINE WHO BORE A MOONFLOWER NOVEL

$11.99

HAC

47

56

0.08

NOV111036

SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 03

$10.99

RAN

48

105

0.08

JUN101159

LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 10 PHANTOM HOURGLASS

$7.99

VIZ

49

45

0.08

APR101112

CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 01

$13.95

RAN

50

87

0.07

SEP121263

SAKURA HIME LEGEND OF PRINCESS SAKURA GN VOL 09

$9.99

VIZ

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